1983 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1983 Final Tournament was held in England.

1983 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	13–22 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	France (2nd title)
Runners-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	England
Fourth place	Italy
← 1982 1984 →

Qualification

Group 2

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Scotland	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Wales	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	4
Northern Ireland	4	0	1	3	2	9	–7	1

	Wales	2–0	Northern Ireland
	Scotland	1–1	Wales
	Northern Ireland	1–1	Wales
	Northern Ireland	0–3	Scotland
	Wales	0–1	Scotland
	Scotland	3–1	Northern Ireland

Group 13

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	6
Hungary	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Austria	4	0	0	4	0	9	–9	0

	Austria	0–5	Yugoslavia
	Hungary	1–0	Austria
	Yugoslavia	3–2	Hungary
	Hungary	1–0	Yugoslavia
	Austria	0–1	Hungary
	Yugoslavia	2–0	Austria

Other Groups

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Iceland	1–2	Republic of Ireland	1–1	0–1
Sweden	2–1	Denmark	0–0	2–1
Norway	1–2	Finland	0–0	1–2
Soviet Union	(a)2–2	Poland	1–0	1–2
Czechoslovakia	3–1	East Germany	1–0	2–1
Luxembourg	1–5	Belgium	1–1	0–4
Portugal	2–2(a)	France	2–1	0–1
Netherlands	1–2	Spain	1–0	0–2
West Germany	3–1	Switzerland	2–0	1–1
Malta	0–6	Italy	0–3	0–3
Cyprus	1–6	Romania	1–1	0–5
Bulgaria	4–1	Albania	4–0	0–1
Greece	3–4	Turkey	2–0	1–4

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

•  Belgium
•  Bulgaria
•  Czechoslovakia
•  England (host)
•  Finland
•  France
•  West Germany
•  Italy
•  Republic of Ireland
•  Romania
•  Scotland
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•  Turkey
•  Yugoslavia

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
West Germany	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	4
Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	2	3	–1	3
Sweden	3	0	1	2	1	3	–2	1

13 May	Czechoslovakia	3–1	West Germany
	Bulgaria	1–0	Sweden
15 May	Czechoslovakia	0–0	Bulgaria
	West Germany	1–0	Sweden
17 May	Czechoslovakia	1–1	Sweden
	West Germany	3–1	Bulgaria

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4
Romania	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	2
Turkey	3	0	1	2	2	10	–8	1

13 May	Yugoslavia	2–0	Romania
	Italy	1–1	Turkey
15 May	Italy	2–0	Yugoslavia
Elm Park, Reading	Romania	6–0	Turkey
17 May	Yugoslavia	3–1	Turkey
	Italy	2–0	Romania

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	4
Scotland	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	3
Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Soviet Union	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	2

13 May	England	1–0	Spain
	Scotland	3–0	Soviet Union
15 May	England	4–2	Scotland
	Spain	1–0	Soviet Union
17 May	Soviet Union	2–0	England
	Spain	1–1	Scotland

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	5
Republic of Ireland	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
Finland	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	3
Belgium	3	0	0	3	1	8	–7	0

13 May	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Belgium
	France	3–1	Finland
15 May	Finland	0–0	Republic of Ireland
	France	3–1	Belgium
17 May	France	1–1	Republic of Ireland
	Finland	4–0	Belgium

Semifinals

20 May 1983 (1983-05-20)

Czechoslovakia	1 – 1	England
Penalties
	4 – 2

Highbury, London

20 May 1983 (1983-05-20)

France	1 – 0	Italy

Stamford Bridge, London

Third place match

22 May 1983 (1983-05-22)

England	1 – 1	Italy
Penalties
	4 – 2

Watford

Referee: José Garcia Carrion (Spain)

Final

22 May 1983 (1983-05-22)

France	1 – 0	Czechoslovakia
Reuzeau 7'

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 4593

Referee: Zoran Petrovic (Yugoslavia)

1983 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
France Second title

External links

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